Stefanos Tsitsipas booed at French Open after umpire row against Carlos Alcaraz

Stefanos Tsitsipas wasn’t a popular figure inside the Philippe-Chatrier stadium for his French Open quarter-final against Carlos Alcaraz after being given a time violation towards the end of the second set. Tsitsipas has been a strong performer at Roland Garros over the years, coming within one set of winning his maiden Grand Slam title there back in 2021.

And he looked in good form to at least cause some issues for the in-form Alcaraz on the famous clay court. But, the Spaniard was in merciless form on Tuesday as he quickly raced to a strong lead.

Barely an hour had passed by with Alcaraz on the cusp of taking a two-set lead and the cracks were beginning to show for Tsitsipas. The No 5 seed was down 40-0 on serve and sought advice from his box behind his service line.

Tsitsipas then went over the allotted time to serve with the chair umpire issuing a time violation.

The warning led to an angry response from Tsitsipas, who couldn’t understand what the violation was for. After leaving his service line to seek clarification, the French Open crowd turned on Tsitsipas.

They began booing him and the situation clearly got to him as Tsitsipas then double faulted to hand Alcaraz the second set. Tsitsipas took his time before returning to his seat in an attempt to recompose himself before the start of the third.

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Tim Henman felt sorry for Tsitsipas in the match, suggesting most would struggle to perform against Alcaraz on this kind of form.

“Tsitsipas is a little bit shell-shocked,” Henman said. “I don’t think he knows what to do, where to turn, how to play.

“So much of that has to do with the quality Alcaraz’s play. He’s been absolutely phenomenal, giving away so little. Seven unforced errors in the first two sets.”

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